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The Unraveling of the Big 12
Looking around the Big 12 it's hard to find much good news lately unless your team hails from Austin. Texas' program is obviously humming on all cylinders and Pelini has awoken the Blackshirts in Lincoln while maintaining a principled disregard for offense. But other than A&M's near miss on an...
Behind The Numbers: A Quick Look At The Texans' Defense
(image via www.nyu.edu) In this thread, TexasHoosier made a claim that, call him crazy, but he believes the secondary is playing pretty well, Dunta aside. I started looking at the pure, raw numbers, ready to call him crazier than...than....well, crazier than a Texans fan, but I figured that was...
Texans State of the Union: Defense
Three weeks ago the Texans were cruising. They were riding a three-game winning streak, and at 5-3 Houston was positioning themselves for a run at the post-season. Now after three divisional losses that were all squandered in the fourth quarter, the season seems lost for the Texans. Some have...
Playing The Expectations Game
Over the years, I've had the pleasure of working for some of the most grossly inept and incompetent managers in known history. A couple of them would make the Pointy Haired Boss absolutely brilliant by comparison. Recent games have reminded me of a conversation I had with one of those rocket...
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